THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"He was locked in. He's always locked in every game, but it was something different this time, this drive. I mean, he knew he had to make plays. He got the plays in. He did exactly what he was supposed to do, made the right reads and made the right passes. You can't ask for anymore from AJ McCarron."
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—Alabama Running Back Eddie Lacy on AJ McCarron, rolltide.com
FACT OF THE DAY
A1 McCarron is one of two starting quarterbacks with zero interceptions this season.
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Q: AJ McCann's one loss as a starting quarterback came against what team?
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
A: LSU, during the regular season in 2011. The Crimson Tide later avenged the loss in the BCS Title game.
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THE MORNING BREW McCarron goes above and beyond to deliver for Alabama
Through 58 minutes in Saturday's mega match-up between Louisiana State and Alabama. Crimson Tide
quarterback AJ McCarron had totaled only 93 passing yards. But with his senior season and a possible national championship on the line in Baton Rouge, La. McCarron showed exactly what it takes to be a champion.
Alabama fans watched an 11-point first half lead evaporate as LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger threw for more yards on the praised Alabama defense than any quarterback this season. The energy grew in Tiger Stadium and McCarron was handed the ball with 1:34 remaining in the game, with his Crimson Tide down 17-14.
McCarron knew what was at stake. He had promised earlier in the year that he wouldn't let his team lose to LSU this sea son, knowing the winner will likely represent the division in the South Eastern Conference Championship Game. With a modest schedule for the remainder of the year, Alabama was facing its last
major hurdle, an extremely talented LSU defense and more than 92,000 screaming fans hoping to see them fail.
McCarron stepped up to the plate. And boy did he deliver.
McCarron hit wide receiver sophomore Kevin Norwood on three consecutive plays, each for first downs, to put Alabama in range for a game-tying field goal.
But McCarron doesn't settle for anything less than the best, and this season was no exception. He has yet to throw an interception this year, and is expertly managing what could be the most
talented team in football. McCarron is 19-1 as a starter and also has a BCS National Championship under his belt.
So with Alabama already in field goal range, McCarron went for more. He dropped back, drew the defense and dumped the ball off to running back freshman T.J. Yeldon on a screen pass. Yeldon scampered 28 yards for a touchdown, putting Alabama ahead 21-17 with just 51 seconds remaining.
McCarron was elated. He had willed his team down the field to score the most important touchdown of the season. As he sat on the bench waiting for his defense to eventually shutdown the LSU offense and secure the win, he was in tears. He was a warrior that had left it all on the field, expending every ounce of his mental, physical and emotional energy for his teammates. And after a heartfelt interview following the game, he ran straight to his parents in the stands and engulfed them with a championship-caliber hug.
McCarron is a winner, and he does everything his team asks him to do to
accomplish that. And when the game is on the line, he does even more. Not because he is the biggest or the strongest, but because he puts everything he has into the game.
"I just love moments like that," McCarron said after the game in an Associated Press story. "I like having the ball in pressure situations. When you've got teammates like I have, it makes your job easy."
This week in athletics
- Edited by Andrew Ruszczyk
Tuesday
No events scheduled
Wednesday
Thursday
Women's Volleyball
Kansas State
7 p.m.
Manhattan
Friday
No events scheduled.
Cross Country
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NCAA
Midwest Regional
Noon
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Women's Tennis
Men's Basketball
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San Diego
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Women's Soccer
Saturday
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Football
Texas Tech
11 a.m.
Lubbock, Texas
Women's Volleyball
Women's Volleyball
Texas
6:30 p.m.
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Women's Tennis
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All Day
San Diego, Calif.
Women's Basketball
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2 p.m.
Lawrence
Sunday
Women's Basketball
Women's Tennis
FOOTBALL
Monday
No events scheduled.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bucs running back Doug Martin rushes for franchise record
A small tweak to his style at the suggestion of coach Greg Schiano proved to be just the trick to give Martin a record-setting day.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Rookie Doug Martin broke through a few holes early only to stumble after a short gain on what he felt should have been big gainers.
Martin rushed for a franchise-record 251 yards and four touchdowns, and Ahmad Black intercepted a Carson Palmer pass after Oakland had cut an 18-point deficit to three late in the fourth quarter as the Bucs beat the Raiders 42-32 Sunday.
"A few of those I got through the line and kind of stumbled and my head went down. Coach kept
telling me, 'Get your head up, get your head up,' because that will increase your balance," Martin said. "So after that I kept my head up and kept my balance and I was on to the races."
Was he ever.
by scoring on runs of 1,45,67 and 70 yards in front of more than 60 friends and family members.
Martin, who was born in Oakland and went to high school in nearby Stockton, had a memorable return home for the Bucs (4-4)
"Everybody was there. It was awesome," he said. "It's surreal right now. I'm just doing my job out there. I'm honored."
Martin, the 31st pick in April out of Boise State, became the first back since at least 1940 to score on three TD runs of at least 45 yards
in one game, according to STATS LLC.
He finished 45 yards shy of tying Adrian Peterson's single game record of 296 set in his rookie season in 2007 and joined Denver's Mike Anderson as the only backs with at least 250 yards rushing and four TDs in a single game.
"The way Doug is breaking tackles and having that top-end speed
to make people miss and outrun people to the end zone, it's exceptional," quarterback Josh Freeman said. "It's all about preparation with him. Doug doesn't get in the game and when the moment's not too big, he gets in the game, he knows what he's got to do."
Palmer threw for 414 yards and had three of his four touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
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